Duncan v. Duncan

McGEE, Judge.

John H. Duncan (Defendant) and Barbara R. Duncan (Plaintiff) participated in a wedding ceremony presided over by Hawk Littlejohn (Littlejohn), a Cherokee medicine man, in October 1989. This traditional Cherokee ceremony lasted several days and culminated on 15 October 1989, whereupon the parties signed a marriage certificate that was then filed with the Macon County Register of Deeds. Plaintiff and Defendant believed they were lawfully married, and acted in all ways as husband and wife. In 2001, an estate planning attorney brought to Plaintiffs and Defendant’s attention a…